News Blog: Major transportation improvements coming to East Portland through PBOT's East Portland Access to Employment and Education Project

While Portland Bureau of Transportation crews jump into the 2018 construction season, the planning and design of future projects continues as the bureau looks toward 2019. One such project is the East Portland Access to Employment & Education (EPAEE) project.

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PORTLAND, Ore. – The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation advises the traveling public that street improvements will require lane closures on southbound NE 33rd Drive between NE Argyle Street and also on NE Columbia Boulevard beginning 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 9, through noon Friday, May 10.

The public is advised to expect delays on both NE 33rd Drive and NE Columbia Boulevard. The public is also advised to travel cautiously, observe all lane closures and directions by flaggers, and use alternate routes if possible.

The roadwork will be performed on NE Columbia Boulevard, on an overpass over NE 33rd Drive. On Columbia Boulevard, the two eastbound travel lanes will be reduced to one during the work. The two lanes westbound on Columbia Boulevard will remain open at all times.

City crews will cover the concrete road surface with an epoxy overlay to protect the road surface and improve traction. The finished product is expected to look and feel like the westbound lanes the Transportation Bureau resurfaced in 2012.